| In the notorious armies of the early
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| | held tournaments to encourage and test
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| civilizations, good archers were great
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| | them for accuracy and precision. Soon
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| assets and were usually used as the first
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| | after, they would train shooting arrows
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| offense. Their arrows caused mass
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| | while riding horses. And at a certain
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| destruction on the battlefields and could
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| | age, they would proceed to join the
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| topple large numbers. Civilizations that
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| | army.On the battlefield, archers are
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| held archers in high regard in their
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| | faced with enemies from all sides. A
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| armies were the Greeks, the Persians, the
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| | technique where an archer shoots two
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| Parthian, the Chinese and the Indian
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| | arrows at one time would bring down the
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| armies. The famous phrase 'a parting
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| | enemy's defenses. One arrow is shot on a
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| shot' actually originates from the a
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| | high trajectory and the other at a lower
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| shooting style wherein the rider turns in
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| | trajectory thus hitting the target on two
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| the saddle to shoot as he and his horse
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| | different angles. In addition, the
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| rode away from the enemy. This shot is
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| | development of the bodkin point gave
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| called the 'Parthian shot.' Archers
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| | their arrows the ability to penetrate
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| often rode on horseback and combined
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| | deeper into the enemy's armor.Longbows
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| speed with close range like the
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| | require a lot of skill and training
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| mythological characters of Apollo and
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| | before being able to shoot an arrow and
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| Odysseus that are depicted using bows and
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| | hit a target. This training took a lot
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| arrows riding horses and chariots. Other
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| | of years. With the crossbow however,
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| archers are positioned in strategic
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| | anyone can shoot an arrow, although a
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| places of height increasing accuracy and
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| | little training is needed to hit a
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| effectiveness of the shot.In Medieval
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| | target. This and the fact that the
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| Europe, however, the archer's use in
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| | crossbow had the same penetrating power
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| battle was not as significant and
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| | and range of the longbow, made it useful
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| predominant as myth has it. In reality,
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| | in the early civilizations up to today.
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| bowmen were one of the lowest paid
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| | Unfortunately, it takes a significant
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| soldiers in the army and were often just
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| | amount of time to reload an arrow
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| trained peasants. The bow and arrow were
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| | compared to the longbow.In centuries
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| labeled as lower class weapons because
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| | after, the use of bows in the army became
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| they were cheap to make compared to the
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| | obsolete with the development of
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| very expensive armor and swords that clad
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| | firearms. Even when bows had a longer
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| men-at-arms. This low value made the bow
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| | range and could reload faster than the
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| a mere toy of the nobility and peasants
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| | first rifles, the penetrating power of a
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| as well. The Vikings, however, saw the
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| | bullet and the minimal training needed
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| prowess of archery and made it one of
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| | reigned supreme. In due time, guns and
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| their foremost weapons in their
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| | bullets would defeat the bow and arrow in
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| expeditions throughout Western Europe in
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| | range, accuracy, proficiency and in
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| the 9th and 10th centuries.Following this
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| | reload time. Because of archery's
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| example, the English had learned to
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| | decline in popularity, the 16th century
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| appreciate and hold in high regard the
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| | English monarch mandated that every man
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| power of the bow and arrow. In the
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| | of fighting age practice archery and
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| Hundred Years' War, the English deployed
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| | Henry VIII banned all sport except
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| huge numbers of archers using English
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| | archery during Sundays. Their efforts to
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| Longbows. This strategy gave them
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| | preserve this fighting style helped
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| tactical dominance. Seeing this much
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| | archery survive until the present day.
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| success, archers were soon recruited and
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| | In this day and age, archery is no longer
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| farming peasants started training since
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| | a weapon of war but a sport that is a
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| childhood. Each boy was given and
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| | true test of precision and accuracy.
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| trained with a bow of his height. They
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